Friday, February 18, 2011

Pink Saturday: Cosmic Pink!


Above is an image of part of the night sky taken by the Hubble telescope.  Look at the right hand side of the image.  Do you see the pink heart?  This is indeed the Heart Nebula!
According to Wikipedia: "The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sh2-190, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. This is an emission nebula showing glowing gas and darker dust lanes. The nebula is formed by plasma of ionized hydrogen and free electrons."

Oh that takes the romance out of it.  Just enjoy the pink and the Heart.
Happy Pink Saturday, Viridian

17 comments:

Gabriela Delworth - Instructional Designer said...

Happy Pink Saturday!


Yes, I see a fabulous heart! Amazing!



~ Gabriela ~

Tammy@Beatrice Banks said...

Out of sight!
Happy PS!

Lynn said...

Some things don't need long explanations, just observe the wonder and delight. Such is the heart. Happy PS

Donnie said...

I love seeing unusual things.

Jil~Say It With Roses said...

Quite amazing isn't it and PINK, too!
Happy Pink Saturday!
Jil

Country Wings in Phoenix said...

Happy Pink Saturday Sweetie...
Is that not the most gorgeous thing ever? I love the heart in the sky and the coloring is just phenomenal. Thank you so much for sharing with me this evening.
Many hugs and much love, Sherry

LV said...

What a different and interesting pink showing. That is an amazing sight.

Maison Mutt said...

That pink heart is out of this world! What an educating share!
Your newest follower, Niki

Unknown said...

Absolutely AWESOME! Appreciat eyour sharing this ...
Happy PS weekend ~
TTFN ~
Marydon

Char said...

Beautiful sky and love the heart. Happy Pink Saturday, Char

ThriftyAnnabella said...

Beautiful

liberal sprinkles said...

oh it's true there's pink and there's love everywhere!

Maia T said...

Oh, I love it, I would like to be able to fly there and see it up close.

Mari said...

OMG!!! ITS JUST AWESOME :) HAVE A GREAT PINK SATURDAY!!

Anonymous said...

Wow this is fascinating!

Laura Quaglia (Fun With This and That) said...

The heavens are so pretty .Hard to believe sometime Laura

pinkkandy said...

Happy Pink Saturday....hope your week is sprinkled with little blessings...and covered with grace !

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